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Hot Cross Buns
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My earliest memories of hot cross buns are waking up on Easter Sunday by the spicy smell wafting through the house. My dad loved warming up hot cross buns for a special breakfast, delicious with some butter and a sprinkling…
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German Coffee Cake recipe
Over the weekend I was going through my recipe books for cake-inspiration and found this German Coffee Cake recipe by Jamie Oliver.
Recipe Book
In his introduction Jamie says that this is his homage to…
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Easy Banana Bread Recipe
It was during the first lockdown, way back in March last year, that people started baking banana bread, more than usual.
Banana bread usually gets baked when you look at the fruit bowl and see three overripe…
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Macaroni Cheese – ultimate comfort food
I love comfort food. If food could hug, this would be that kind of food. It makes you feel warm and cosy and comfortable, outside and inside.
During these times when we can’t really meet up and have to stay in our…
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Glühwein for Christmas
I remember we were in Germany one December. That was when we still didn’t think twice about travelling and flying. Somewhere on a square in a German city. It was bitterly cold. But that smell .... it was amazing. …
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Shortbread for Christmas
What better biscuit to bake for Christmas than shortbread? Gingerbread is definitely a close second.
However, this blog is about shortbread....
The Scotts claimed to have ‘invented’ shortbread in the 12th century…
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Delightful sweet potato soup
A sweet potato soup recipe from this recipe book - A soup for Every Day - is been described in this blog post with pictures.
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Apples in Autumn
A few years ago, we planted three apple trees in our front garden. For the bees and for the apples. Since then we’ve had an abundance of apples to eat and to cook with. The harvest starts in September,…
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DOUBLE chocolate chip cookies
I just love when I find a recipe for cookies that is always successful, easy, a favourite with (almost) everyone, but above everything else - delicious.
In this Rachel Allen recipe book the Double Chocolate Chip cookies is…
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Yummy YOGURT Cake
Today is the start of a weekend, so why not try this sweet, chocolaty, simple and understated yogurt cake?
In my kitchen I have a shelf housing my recipe books. Then I have a box with loose recipes, handwritten…